Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Amsterdam Late Edition Editor: Giles Slinger

Addressing Hunger

In the UK there is

hunger for a nice cup

of tea, a bit of peace

and quiet and a break

from all this bother,

perhaps with a spot

more strawberry jam

on one’s scone. Yes,

you have joined us in

one of Mr Fleece

Smug’s comfortable

tea parties

There is a wider

reality. Outside the

gates of Right Smug’s

private equity factory,

workers from broken

businesses are visiting

foodbanks. And in

other parts of the

world, hunger is more

urgent, stopping

children from growing

healthily or benefiting

from school. To

address these issues,

CADS was delighted

this month to support

Mary’s Meals.

Mary’s Meals &

The Shed That

Feeds A Million

Children Our correspondent

Louise Hunter writes:

Allan Poot, a former

board member and

still a proud CAD, is

now based in Glasgow.

He came to talk to us

about Mary’s Meals, a

UK based charity with

a vision that “every

child receives one daily

meal in their place of

education”.

Allan explained that in

our world of plenty

there are millions of

children who go

hungry every day and

how Mary’s Meals are

working to combat this

vital issue. Charity

founder, Magnus

MacFarlane Barrow

began, in 1992, to take

aid to victims of the

civil war in Bosnia-

Herzegovina. Further

projects followed

which led to the birth

of Mary’s Meals and a

plan to feed orphaned

children in Malawi.

From those small

beginnings, today over

1.5 million children are

being fed, every school

day, in their place of

education or day care,

bringing relief from

hunger and promoting

their education.

Whilst we have the

privilege of taking our

food and education for

granted, millions of

children do not.

Mary’s Meals works

with communities and

volunteers operating

in 18 countries

including India, Haiti,

Malawi, Zimbabwe,

Zambia, Liberia and

Haiti to provide meals

at school for children

who would otherwise

go hungry. By tying the

provision of a meal to

school attendance the

problems of hunger,

poverty and education

are simultaneously

addressed. For without

education how can

these children achieve

their hopes and

dreams of a better life

for themselves and

their children?

How can you help?

For the small sum of

€15.60 one child can

receive one meal every

school day for a year.

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Mary’s Meals cannot

commit to supporting

requests for aid

without donations

from their supporters

and benefactors

around the world.

CADS is proud to

support Mary’s Meals

with a donation of

€1000 – sufficient to

feed 64 children. For

further information

please visit

www.MarysMeals.nl

where you can donate

online and find ideas

for fundraising.

‘The Shed That Fed A

Million Children’ is the

bestselling account of

the founding of the

charity – both inspiring

and humbling, a story

with a message of faith

and determination to

make the world a

better place for those

that have so little.

Chairman’s Corner

As Louise writes

elsewhere, last month

we were privileged to

hear from Allan Poot

about the work of

Mary’s Meals during

an excellent lunch at

Le Début, the

restaurant inside the

Hotel School where

the students practice

their arts on us

This month we return

to Le Début for

another sample of

their work, and to

listen to our Consul

General John Cameron

Webb tell us about his

work as Consul, and

also about the War

Walks and tours he

hosts in Belgium and

France, helping others

to learn about the

sacrifices made by

others for the freedom

which we nowadays

incorrectly believe to

be our birthright.

Parliament has finally

restarted after the

summer break, the

Boris break and the

Party parties. HM

opened Parliament

with a speech written

for her by Beavis’

advisor Dominic

Cummmings, a Russian

spy and Putin fan.

Nobody believes the

content, including her,

as the government is

now in a minority by

45 votes. Putting the

monarch through this

charade is grounds for

treason and a close

head shave for Beavis.

We wait in eager

anticipation…

Meanwhile, all signs of

a civilised society are

being ignored, with

record levels of

poverty, debt, drug

addiction, violent

unsolved crime, rough

sleeping, children not

in school, food banks,

homelessness, and

government debt

rising to the giddy

heights of £2.2 trillion,

more than double the

level when this

government came to

power in 2010.

IF this information

sounds familiar, that is

because I continue to

recite it to all

interested (and

disinterested) parties

that I encounter –

which led to some

interesting chats

during our recent tour

of India; a beautiful

and friendly continent

rife with corruption

and dirt of all kinds. It

was incredible!!!

Meanwhile, in The

Netherlands, we brace

ourselves for lower

taxes, increased levels

of investment, full

employment and rising

productivity following

the annual Prince’s

Day speech.

The major amount of

disinvestment in the

UK has been well

compensated by an

enormous surge in

investment and jobs

relocating to the

Netherlands from the

UK. Mixed feelings

about that news

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The Jokathon Cometh

As early preparation

for the Jokathon, our

intrepid editor has

managed to unearth a

selection of new

blonde jokes…

What do you call a

blond who may or may

not have shagged a

pole dancer, screws

you and has a laugh

about it?

What do you call a

blond who may or may

not have more than 6

children, most of them

illegitimate?

What do you call a

blond who supports

the beating up of a

journalist over the

fraud of his friend?

What do you call a

blonde who has been

been sacked twice for

lying?

What do you call a

blonde who had to

demolish an extension

on his house built

illegally without

planning permission

whilst mayor of his

own city?

What do you call a

blonde who unlawfully

shut down parliament?

What do you call a

blonde who promises

three contradictory

things to three

different groups and

tops it off with a new

billion pound bung to

his pal Arlene?

What do you call a

blonde who gives

trade access and

taxpayers’ money to

one of his girlfriends?

Possible answers:

• Feckless burden on

the state

• Anus Horribilis

• Beavis

• Yes, Prime Minister

Ending on a more

traditional note:

What did the blonde

say when she found

out she was pregnant?

“I wonder if it’s mine?”

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